How to respond to the insurrection: Your civic action to-do list for 1-11-21
Jewish Women International calls on President Trump to resign and for Congress to vote to bar him from ever holding office again. It is time to say enough and to turn away from those who speak to the most base and ugly impulses of humanity. To once again reclaim what is good. In a time when our country and our world is literally sick, we must work to heal.
Click here to read JWI’s full statement.
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3. The insurrectionists who carried out the deadly attack on the United States Capitol must be held accountable for their violent sedition — along with the elected officials who stoked their rage.
In a nutshell: The FBI is trying to identify, locate, and arrest the violent extremists who stormed the Capitol, while members of the House of Representatives and Senate are determining the best steps to prevent President Trump from further harming our republic, including a second impeachment.
Take action: Email your members of Congress and tell them you support the President’s removal.
2. Race played a central role in Wednesday’s siege of the Capitol.
In a nutshell: The contrast between the failure of law enforcement to protect our Capitol and the militarized presence of police at Black Lives Matter protests last summer is shining a spotlight on the systemic racism in policing.
Take action: It is more important than ever that law enforcement and the entire criminal justice system make large-scale meaningful change to ensure the safety of all citizens. Email your members of Congress and tell them to support the Justice in Policing Act.
1. The degradation of our democratic systems over decades has allowed for the rise of the lies, hate, and propaganda that fueled Wednesday's white supremacist uprising.
In a nutshell: It is time for us to take our country back and pass bold, comprehensive legislation to repair our democracy.
Take action: Email your members of Congress and tell them to support the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore the critical protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
